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Work Shift:
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Time Type:
Full time
Department:
CC505912 Patient Centered Medical Home(LPN), Arkansas Children's Care Network, Full Time
Salary:
Most new hires start between $23.00-$28.70 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.
The Patient Navigator case manages and coordinates aspects of care for treatment of the Complex Care Program by working with the patient and family to provide education and collaboratively establish a plan of care. Serves as a liaison among physicians, nurses, ancillary departments, patients, families, and office staff to ensure effective utilization of resources and coordination of care.
Completion of an approved program per state's requirements.
Related Field - 3 years of experience
Licensed Practical Nurse - Arkansas State Board of Nursing (ASBN)
1. Conducts telephonic outreach to patients in need of health care services and educates them on the importance of receiving the needed service.
2. Monitors delivery of care, identifying progress toward desired outcomes, intervening to overcome barriers and deviations in the expected care plan, interacting with departments to negotiate and expedite scheduling and completion of tests, procedures and consults.
3. Assists patients with DME, prescriptions, prior authorizations, and other communications related to the patient/family needs.
4. Documents the outcome of the outreach efforts in the patients EMR record and on tracking spreadsheet.
5. Contributes to patient plan of care based on clinical, educational, psychosocial, and cultural needs while recognizing when to resource other health team members.
6. Plans, prioritizes and organizes patient care tasks to ensure time and resource utilization.
7. Completes routine patient care tasks and medication administration in a sage, efficient and timely manner but recognizing and intervening in emergency situations.
8. Individualizes nursing interventions to meet identified needs and modifies interventions when the needs of the patient or family change.
9. Reassesses and modifies patient plan of care in collaboration with the registered nurse.
10. Performs other duties as assigned.
Arkansas Children's is the only healthcare system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas' more than 700,000 children. The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute and USDA nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs — all focused on fulfilling a promise to define and deliver unprecedented child health. Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) is a 336-bed, Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level I pediatric trauma center; the state's only burn center; the state's only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit; the state's only pediatric intensive care unit; the state’s only pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons (ACS); the state’s only magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for neurosurgical planning and cutting-edge research; and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in seven pediatric specialties (2022—2023): Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the Northwest Arkansas region, is a level IV pediatric trauma center. ACNW operates a 24-bed inpatient unit; a surgical unit with five operating rooms; outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties; diagnostic services; imaging capabilities; occupational therapy services; and Northwest Arkansas' only pediatric emergency department, equipped with 30 exam rooms. Generous philanthropic and volunteer engagement has sustained Arkansas Children's since it began as an orphanage in 1912, and today ensures the system can deliver on its promise of unprecedented child health. To learn more, visit archildrens.org.
